Challenges of Strategic Change Management on Strategy Implementation Among State Corporations in Kenya

Abstract

Change Management basically denotes to shifting a person, a team, or an entire company from current state, to the future state. A change management strategy is inclusive of the focused training and communication undertakings required to affect change across a firm. The study was guided by positive model which typifies a significant parting from Lewin’s process and the action research model. The purpose of this study was to establish the challenges of strategic change management on strategy implementation among state corporations in Kenya. The study set out to specifically investigate the effects of leadership, Organizational Structure, Organizational Culture and Availability of Core Competencies on strategic change management. In fulfilling the purpose of this study, descriptive research design was adopted. The target population was state corporations in Kenya. Primary quantitative data from 56 Corporations was used. Stratified random sampling was used in the sampling. Primary data was collected using questionnaires containing closed and open ended questions. Quantitative data was analyzed through descriptive statistics analysis method. It was then established that using a multiple linear regression model that Strategic Change Management (dependent variable) was positively affected by leadership, Organizational Structure, Organizational Culture and Availability of Core Competencies as Independent variables was run. The study found and concluded that a unit increase in Organizational structure, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Availability of Core Competencies increases Structural Change Management by 0.448, 0.452, 0.623, 0.479 units respectively. Hence, corporations should consider enhancing these factors to specifically ensure that they have achieved the set implementation goals/objectives. The study recommended that management of the state corporations should increase the allocation to the projects so as adequate resources are allocated to each project, the management of public corporations should steer clear from politics to avoid political interference in the implementation of strategies in the public corporations, the organizations should organize for seminars and workshops where the employees skill will be enhanced through training and that study also recommends that the organizations should sponsor its staff to further education